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1934 All-America college football team
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The 1934 All-America college football team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose All-America college football teams in 1934. The nine selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1934 season are (1) Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice, (2) the Associated Press (AP), (3) the United Press (UP), (4) the All-America Board (AAB), (5) the International News Service (INS), (6) Liberty magazine, (7) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (8) the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA), and (9) the Sporting News (SN).
No player was the unanimous choice of all nine selectors. Quarterback Bobby Grayson of Stanford and fullback Pug Lund of Minnesota led the group with first-team designations from eight of the nine official selectors. Dixie Howell of Alabama and Chuck Hartwig of Pittsburgh each received six official first-team designations.
Consensus All-Americans
For the year 1934, the NCAA recognizes nine published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.
Name Position School Number Official OtherBobby GraysonQuarterbackStanford8/9AAB, AP, COL, INS, NANA, NEA, SN, UPCP, NYS, WCPug LundFullbackMinnesota8/9AAB, AP, COL, INS, LIB, NANA, SN, UPNYS, WCChuck HartwigGuardPittsburgh6/9AAB, AP, INS, LIB, NANA, SNCP, NYS, WCDixie HowellHalfbackAlabama6/9AAB, INS, LIB, NANA, NEA, UPCP, WCMonk MoscripDespite receiving first-team honors from five of the nine official selectors, the NCAA does not recognize Moscrip as a consensus All-American.EndStanford5/9AAB, LIB, NEA, SN, UPCP, WCDon HutsonEndAlabama5/9AAB, AP, INS, LIB, UPNYS, WCFrank LarsonEndMinnesota5/9AP, COL, NANA, NEA, SNCP, NYSBill LeeTackleAlabama5/9AP, COL, LIB, NANA, SN--Bill BevanGuardMinnesota5/9COL, LIB, NANA, SN, UP--Bob ReynoldsTackleStanford4/9AP, COL, INS, NANANYSBuzz BorriesHalfbackNavy4/9AP, COL, SN, UPCP, NYSDarrell LesterCenterTCU2/9AP, INSNYSJack RobinsonCenterNotre Dame2/9AAB, NANAWCGeorge ShotwellCenterPittsburgh2/9COL, UPCP
All-American selections for 1934
Ends
Don Hutson, Alabama (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; COL; INS-1; LIB-1; NANA-2; UP-1; CSW-2; NYS-1; WC-1)
Frank Larson, Minnesota (AP-1; COL; NANA-1; NEA-1; SN; CP-1; NYS-1)
Jim Moscrip, Stanford (AAB; AP-2; LIB-1; NANA-2; NEA-1; UP-1; SN; CP-1; WC-1)
Joseph Bogdanski, Colgate (AP-3; NANA-1)
Merle Wendt, Ohio State (INS-1)
Lester Borden, Fordham (AP-2)
Willis Ward, Michigan (CSW-2)
Larry Kelley, Yale (AP-3)
Tackles
Bill Lee, Alabama (AP-1; COL; LIB-1; NANA-1; SN)
Bob Reynolds, Stanford (AP-1; COL; INS-1; NANA-1; NYS-1)
James Steen, Syracuse (AP-2; LIB-1; UP-1; CP-1)
Slade Cutter, Navy (AP-3; NEA-1; SN)
George Maddox, Kansas State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; WC-1)
Clyde Carter, SMU (UP-1)
Cassius "Cash" Gentry, Oklahoma (NEA-1; CSW-2)
Ed Widseth, Minnesota (College Football Hall of Fame) (INS-1)
George Theodoratus, Washington State (NEA-1)
Joseph Ferrara, Columbia (AP-2)
Charles Galbreath, Illinois (AP-3)
Phil Bengtson, Minnesota (NANA-2)
Charley Hamrick, Ohio State (NANA-2)
Charles "Buzz" Harvey, Holy Cross (CSW-2)
Guards
Chuck Hartwig, Pittsburgh (AAB; AP-1; INS-1; LIB-1; NANA-1; SN; CP-1; NYS-1; WC-1)
Bill Bevan, Minnesota (AP-2; COL; LIB-1; NANA-1; SN; UP-1)
Regis Monahan, Ohio State (AAB; AP-2; NEA-1; UP-1; CP-1; NYS-1 [t]; WC-1; CSW-2)
George T. Barclay, North Carolina (AAB [t]; AP-1; COL; NEA-1; WC-1; CSW-2)
Charles Mucha, Washington (AP-3; NANA-2)
Ken Ormiston, Pittsburgh (AP-3; INS-1; NYS-1)
Jac Weller, Princeton (NANA-2)
Centers
Jack Robinson, Notre Dame (AAB; AP-2; NANA-1; CSW-2; WC-1)
Darrell Lester, TCU (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; INS-1; NYS-1)
George Shotwell, Pittsburgh (COL; NANA-2; UP-1; CP-1)
Elmer Ward, Utah State (NEA-1)
Ellmore Patterson, Chicago (LIB-1)
Elwood Kalbaugh, Princeton (SN)
Franklin Meier, Nebraska (AP-3)
Quarterbacks
Bobby Grayson, Stanford (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB [fb]; AP-1; COL; NEA-1; INS-1 [fb]; NANA-1; SN; UP-1; CP-1 [fb]; NYS-1; WC-1)
Arleigh Williams, California (AP-2; INS-1)
Ed Goddard, Washington State (LIB-1)
Miller Munjas, Pittsburgh (AP-3; NANA-2)
Halfbacks
Dixie Howell, Alabama (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB [qb]; AP-2; INS-1; LIB-1; NANA-1; NEA-1; UP-1; CP-1; CSW-2; WC-1)
Buzz Borries, Navy (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; COL; NANA-2; SN; UP-1; CP-1; NYS-1)
Bill Wallace, Rice (AP-1; COL)
Bob "Bones" Hamilton, Stanford (LIB-1)
Jay Berwanger, Chicago (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-2; WC-1)
Harry Shuford SMU (NEA-1)
Duane Purvis, Purdue (NANA-2; SN)
Richard Heekin, Ohio State (AP-3)
Claude Simons, Jr., Tulane (AP-3)
Jack Buckler, Army (CSW-2)
Fullbacks
Pug Lund, Minnesota (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB [hb]; AP-1; COL; INS-1 [hb]; LIB-1; NANA-1 [hb]-1; SN; UP-1; NYS-1 [hb]; WC-1)
Izzy Weinstock, Pittsburgh (AP-2; NANA-1; NEA-1; CSW-2)
Stan Kostka, Minnesota (NANA-2; NYS-1; CSW-2)
David Smukler, Temple (AP-3)
Key
Bold = Consensus All-AmericanFootball Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 7 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf
-1 – First-team selection
-2 – Second-team selection
-3 – Third-team selection
Official selectors
AAB = All-America BoardESPN College Football Encyclopedia 1166 ESPN Books 2005 1401337031
AP = Associated Press: "Alan J. Gould, Associated Press general sports editor, selected the Associated Press All-America football team. He was assisted by his staff of writers all over the country, sports editors of member papers, and eading coaches whose co-operation he sought."Alan Gould HUND, LARSON ON ASSOCIATED PRESS STAR TEAM: ALABAMA GETS TWO POSITIONS ON FIRST TEAM Rhinelander Daily News December 1, 1934
COL = Collier's Weekly as selected by Grantland Rice
NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association
INS = International News Service selected by Davis Walsh
LIB = Liberty magazine: "Fifteen hundred and forty Intercollegiate players from 93 major universities voted, according to Norman L. Sper who conducted the selection for Liberty"TWO GOPHERS GAIN PLAYERS' ALL-AMERICAN: Lund Rates Place on Liberty Magazine Honor Team for Second Season- Bill Bevan Is Other Star Evening Tribune January 23, 1935
NANA = North American Newspaper Alliance, selected "by four famous coaches: Andy Kerr, of Colgate; Dan E. McGugin, of Vanderbilt; James Phelan, of Washington; and Gus Dorais, of Detroit."Three Stanford Players Selected on All-American Grid Elevens: Grayson, Reynolds and Moscrip Given Honors Los Angeles Times December 2, 1934
SN = The Sporting News
UP = United Press
Other selectors
CP = Central Press AssociationCentral Press, " Grid Captains of U.S. Select All-American," Berkeley Daily Gazette, p. 10 (December 13, 1934), Retrieved October 3, 2014.
CSW = College Sports WritersAll-America Addendum College Football Historical Society Newsletter May 2006 http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv19/CFHSNv19n3f.pdf 2010-03-05 2010-06-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20100613012901/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv19/CFHSNv19n3f.pdf dead
NYS = New York Sun
WC = Walter Camp Football FoundationWalter Camp Football Foundation http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards// dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090330065940/http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards March 30, 2009
See also
1935 Little All-America college football team
1934 All-Big Six Conference football team
1934 All-Big Ten Conference football team
1934 All-Pacific Coast Conference football team
1934 All-SEC football team
1934 All-Southwest Conference football team
References
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